Turning the tables: Repurposing neuroplasticity to defeat cancer

Instead of asking what nerves do to cancer, my work reveals how cancer injures and reprograms peripheral nerves to drive immune evasion and how targeting this process restores immunotherapy responses.

Authors

Moran Amit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9720-7766)

Institutions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Published: 2026-10-07
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aei6916
Primary Topic: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Type: article
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Turning the tables: Repurposing neuroplasticity to defeat cancer

Moran Amit

Oct 7, 2026

Science Translational Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

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Turning the tables: Repurposing neuroplasticity to defeat cancer

Moran Amit

October 7, 2026article en

Abstract

Science Translational MedicineVol. 18(870)

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 16%

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

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